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Another Wingate and Active Directory

Nov 17 05 5:00 am

Hi all, last week I wrote a question about Wingate and A.D., I'm sorry, but I'm now posting here the reply because the original messages are too old to view.

This is the reply of "kgoodknecht":

If the Wingate server is a stand alone server (Not a member of the Active Directory domain) using the ISP DNS in TCP IP properties is OK. However if the Wingate server is a domain member use of the ISPs DNS is not allowed.

To assign a DNS server for Wingate to use double click the DNS/WINS resolver in Gatekeeper and put in your ISP's DNS server.
However if you have any locally hosted sites your ISP DNS won't resolve these sites correctly. You will have to use a local DNS server preferably on the Wingate machine that can resolve the local sites, this DNS server can forward to your ISP or use its root hints for non-local names.
You have to be very careful about assigning DNS server for Wingate to use or you could be setting up a DNS loop. Forwarders should always forward out and never forward inward. You can use Advanced options to assign DNS server that Wingate should never use to prevent DNS loops.
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Thanks a lot to kgoodknecht for the very kind reply, but I've an other question to ask about this problem:

My Wingate machine is a member of the Active Directory Domain (it's not a stand alone server), but my Wingate version (4.3.0) doesn't have the "DNS/WINS resolver in Gatekeeper" and doesn't have the "Advanced options" too.
We haven't any local site to resolve, we need to resolve only external internet site.
Now the Dns fields of the TCP/IP properties of the Wingate NIC contains the DNS IPs of the ISP.
Where can I insert the ISP DNS in the wingate machine if I can't in the TCP/IP properties of the Wingate NIC?

Thanks a lot for your time a thanks also to kgoodknecht.
Bye, Filippo.

Re: Another Wingate and Active Directory

Nov 17 05 10:14 pm

Upgrade to V6.1, your licence will be valid with reduced features.

Nov 18 05 3:29 am

Is it really impossible to keep my existing wingate 4 with above explained network configuration?

Thanks, Filippo.
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